Example sentences of "[conj] set [art] scene " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that set the scene perfectly for Hick , a man who does n't seem to know where his next Test run is coming from , yet bats like superman in the knock-about stuff . |
| 2 | Though the Khmers Rouges signed the agreement in Paris in 1991 that set the scene for the election campaign , they have not honoured their promise to stop fighting . |
| 3 | This will clear up any mysteries from this morning 's lesson and set the scene for tonight 's exercise . |
| 4 | The indicative offer follows this stage and sets the scene for the formal eye ball to eye ball negotiations . |
| 5 | ‘ The UK is the No 1 volume market for New Zealand by a large margin and sets the scene for the other markets . ’ |
| 6 | It 's not only in the dialogue that Harper Lee expresses the tension between the blacks and whites , but all through the book in her description of where people live , where they work , the churches they go to and her detailed description of the court room and how the black community sit on the balcony above , away from the whites , she gives us a vivid idea of the way life was in the 1930 's and sets the scene well . |
| 7 | The first — after some centuries of script-writing and setting the scene — began in June 1991 with a ten-day war in Slovenia . |
| 8 | Erm , the matter was debated very clearly er at the last meeting and set the scene er quite clearly so erm we welcome the conclusion and erm I hope go ahead |
| 9 | Have a struggle with it and we 'll discuss the opening question tomorrow because setting the scene is often the way the tone of the whole . |
| 10 | Out of this maelstrom we can select only a few thinkers and those ideas which stand out in retrospect as marking out the major developments and as setting the scene for more recent times . |